I only have so much time and energy and money, and I'm going to put it into my work.

All the fingerprint paintings are done without a grid.

Never let anyone define what you are capable of by using parameters that don’t apply to you.

If you're overwhelmed by the size of a problem, break it down into smaller pieces.

The advice I like to give young artists, or really anybody who’ll listen to me, is not to wait around for inspiration. Inspiration is for amateurs; the rest of us just show up and get to work.

While photography is the easiest medium in which to be competent, it is the hardest in which to develop an idiosyncratic personal vision.

Inspiration is for amateurs.

Ease is the enemy of the artist. When things get too easy, you're in trouble.

I always thought that one of the reasons why a painter likes especially to have other painters look at his or her work is the shared experience of having pushed paint around.

The thing that interests me about photography, and why it's different from all other media, is that it's the only medium in which there is even the possibility of an accidental masterpiece.

Sculpture occupies real space like we do... you walk around it and relate to it almost as another person or another object.

So, we, as human beings, live in a very imprecise world. A world where our perceptions of reality are far more important than actual reality.

I just want some head in a comfortable bed.

Understanding' is merely the sum total of our misunderstandings.

It was so wonderful that I do not know how to describe this first glimpse of things never heard of, seen or dreamed of before.

What are you smiling at?’ - ‘Oh, nothing much. Just my hero

There is no art without Eros.

I think that you can treat a classic like a museum piece -stuffed and mounted- or you can make it a living, breathing narrative that is unfolding right then and there.

It's exciting to work with the kids so devoid of irony, so unguarded. And also terrifying

Love is a never ending smile...

I do not give a damn what I look like, I don't. I wish I could pay attention because Gwen Stefani, say, looks flawless. Of course, when I'm on red carpets, I'm nervous, sweaty, and weird.